Supporting open educational practices through open textbooks

Pitt, Rebecca and Jordan, Katy and de los Arcos, Beatriz and Farrow, Robert and Weller, Martin (2020) Supporting open educational practices through open textbooks. Distance Education, 41 (2). pp. 303-318. ISSN 0158-7919

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Abstract

There has been little research into the impact of textbook costs on higher education in the United Kingdom. To better understand textbook use patterns and the issues faced by UK students and educators the UK Open Textbooks Project (2017–2018, http://ukopentextbooks.org/)) conducted quantitative survey research with United Kingdom educators in September 2018. This article reports on the findings of this survey, which focussed on awareness of open educational resources; textbook use and rationale; awareness and use of open textbooks; and open licensing. Results reveal fertile ground for open textbook adoption with potential to support a wide range of open educational practices. The findings indicate strategies for supporting pedagogical innovation and student access through the mainstream adoption of open textbooks.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

Distance Education

Additional Information:

Funding Information: The authors of this work would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Hewlett Foundation for funding the UK Open Textbook Project. Funding Information: This work was supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation 2017-5780. The authors of this work would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Hewlett Foundation for funding the UK Open Textbook Project. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Research Output Funding/yes_externally_funded

Subjects:

?? higher educationopen educational practices (oep)open educational resources (oer)open pedagogyopen textbooksunited kingdomyes - externally fundededucationsdg 4 - quality education ??

Departments:

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > Educational Research

ID Code:

207716

Deposited By:

ep_importer_pure

Deposited On:

02 Nov 2023 09:00

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

13 Oct 2024 00:24

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/207716